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S E C T O R A L R E P O R T

A C O PAnnual Communications Of Progress

2016

ACOP SECTORAL REPORT

Affiliate Members

iACOP Sectoral Report - Affiliate

Table of Contents

AFFILIATE

1. Admiral Testing Services (M) Sdn Bhd ............................................................................ 1

2. AgroVet GmbH ...................................................................................................................4

3. AkzoNobel .......................................................................................................................... 7

4. Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn Bhd ....................................................................14

5. BGLZ Beratungsgesellschaft für Lieferketten und Zertifizierungen UG (haftungs-

beschränkt) ........................................................................................................................... 17

6. Cirad ................................................................................................................................. 20

7. Control Union (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd ................................................................................25

8. COSMOLOG LOGISTICA LTDA .....................................................................................28

9. CV. KOOMPASIA CONSULTANT ...................................................................................31

10. Dato’ Henry S. Barlow...................................................................................................34

11. Decarbonize Limited .....................................................................................................37

12. DuPont de Nemours (France) SAS ............................................................................. 40

13. EX Research Institute Ltd .............................................................................................43

14. Exova Group (UK) Limited ta Exova BM Trada......................................................... 46

15. Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Associations Limited ...................................... 49

16. FEDIOL - EU Vegetable Oil and Proteinmeal Industry ...........................................52

17. Flokstra Survey Bureau B.V. ..........................................................................................55

18. Food Reg AG ..................................................................................................................58

19. Girl Scouts of the USA ..................................................................................................61

20. Grofor - Deutscher Verband des Großhandels mit Ölen, Fetten und Ölrohstof-

fen e.V. .................................................................................................................................. 64

21. Grupo Biz Colombia S.A.S (Agrobiz is our trade registered mark) .......................67

22. Helikonia Advisory Sdn Bhd ........................................................................................70

23. IBD Certifications ..........................................................................................................73

24. Intertek Certification GmbH .......................................................................................76

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25. Intertek Certification International Sdn. Bhd. ..........................................................79

26. ISACert B.V. .....................................................................................................................82

27. Istituto Per La Certificazione Etica Ed Ambientale (ICEA)......................................85

28. ITS Testing Services (M) Sdn Bhd .............................................................................. 88

29. Kenso Corporation (M) Sdn Bhd.................................................................................91

30. Knowledge Integration Services India Pvt Ltd ........................................................ 94

31. NATURAL RESOURCES STEWARDSHIP CIRCLE (NRSC) ........................................97

32. NATURALEZA, ENERGÍA, SOCIEDAD S.A.S - NES NATURALEZA S.A.S ............. 100

33. OVID Verband der ölsaatenverarbeitenden Industrie in Deutschland e.V. ......103

34. PalmElit SAS ................................................................................................................ 106

35. ProForest ..................................................................................................................... 109

36. PT Daemeter Consulting ........................................................................................... 113

37. PT. Gagas Dinamiga Aksenta .....................................................................................116

38. PT SAI Global Indonesia .............................................................................................119

39. PT Sucofindo ................................................................................................................122

40. PT TUV Rheinland Indonesia ....................................................................................125

41. Rio Tinto Minerals .......................................................................................................128

42. Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association ................................................ 131

43. Schutter International BV ..........................................................................................134

44. Siam Elite Palm Company Limited ...........................................................................137

45. SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd ........................................................................... 140

46. T.S.L (Trading Services London) ...............................................................................143

47. The Netherlands Feed Industry Association (NEVEDI) .........................................146

48. Vereniging voor de Bakkerij- en Zoetwarenindustrie (VBZ) ...............................149

49. Yanmar Kota Kinabalu R&D Center Sdn. Bhd. .......................................................152

Admiral Testing Services (M) Sdn BhdRSPO Annual

Communications ofProgress 2015

ParticularsAbout Your Organisation

Organisation Name

Admiral Testing Services (M) Sdn Bhd

Corporate Website Address

http://www.ats-malaysia.com.my

Primary Activity or Product

■ Affiliate Member

Related Company(ies)

No

Membership

Membership Number Membership Category Membership Sector

8-0070-07-000-00 Affiliate Organisations

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Affiliates MembersOperational Profile

1.1. What are the main activities of your organisation?

PROVISION OF MARINE AND CARGO SURVEY AND INSPECTION SERVICES

1.2. Activities undertaken to promote sustainable palm oil, the RSPO and/or members in the reporting period

NOT APPLICABLE

1.3. Do you have any collaborations with the industry players/private sector to support them in the market transformationtowards CSPO?

No

If yes, please give details:

--

If not, please explain why:

NOT APPLICABLE

1.4. Did members of your staff participate in RSPO working groups/taskforces in the reporting period?

No

1.5. What percentage of your organization's overall activities focus on palm oil?

100

1.6. How is your work on palm oil funded?

NOT APPLICABLE

Actions for Next Reporting Period

2.1. Outline actions that will be taken in the coming year to promote sustainable palm oil.

NOT APPLICABLE




Challenges

1 What significant economic, social or environmental obstacles have you encountered in the production, procurement,use and/or promotion of CSPO and what efforts did you make to mitigate or resolve them?

NOT APPLICABLE

2 How would you qualify RSPO standards as compared to other parallel standards?

--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

No

Simpler to Comply to:

No

3 How has your organization supported the vision of RSPO to transform markets? (e.g. Funding; Engagement with keystakeholders; Business to business education/outreach)

NOT APPLICABLE

4 Other information on palm oil (sustainability reports, policies, other public information)

NOT APPLICABLE


AgroVet GmbHRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

AgroVet GmbH


http://www.agrovet.at




No

Membership










Certification Body, accredited for RSPO SCCS, worldwide


participation in rspo meetings, web representations


No


--


Independent Certification Body


Yes


10


Rates for Audit and Certification



participation in rspo meetings, web representations




Challenges


No special obstacles encountered. As an impartial certification body, we offer our services to all companies within the RSPOSCCS scope.


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


Yes


participation in workshops and web representation


http://www.agrovet.at/de/nachhaltigkeit/rspo http://www.agrovet.at/en/renewable-energies/rspo


http://www.agrovet.at/de/nachhaltigkeit/rspo



http://www.agrovet.at/en/renewable-energies/rspo




AkzoNobelRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

AkzoNobel


http://www.akzonobel.com/


■ Manufacturer



No

Membership









Consumer Goods ManufacturersOperational Profile

1.1 Please state what your main activity(ies) is/are within manufacturing

● Ingredient manufacturer

Operations and Certification Progress

2.1 Do you have a system for calculating how much palm oil and palm oil products you purchased?

Yes

2.2.1 Do you manufacture for:

Own Brand

2.2.2 Total volume of Refined Palm Oil or Refined, bleached, and deodorized (RBD) Oil Palm sold in the year:

--

2.2.3 Total volume of refined Palm Kernel Oil sold in the year:

--

2.2.4 Total volume of other Palm Oil Derivatives and Fractions sold in the year:

--

2.2.5 Total volume of all oil palm products you sold in the year:

--

2.3 Palm oil volume sold in the year in your own brands that is sourced through RSPO-certified physical supply chains:

In Your Own Brand

No Description

Refinedpalmoil/Refined,bleached,anddeodorized(RBD) oilpalm(Tonnes)

Palm KernelOil(Tonnes)

Palm basedderivativesor fractions(Tonnes)

Volume ofPalm KernelExpellerused /processedand/ortraded inthe year(Tonnes)

1 Book & Claim

2 Mass Balance

3 Segregated

4 Identity Preserved

5 Total volume of oil palm products that isRSPO-certified

2.4.1 What type of products do you use CSPO for?

-




2.5 What is the percentage of certified sustainable palm oil in the total oil palm products your company sells in:

Europe --%India --%China --%South East Asia --%North America --%South America --%

2.6 What is the percentage of certified sustainable palm kernel oil in the total palm kernel oil your company sells in:

Europe --%India --%China --%South East Asia --%North America --%South America --%

Time-Bound Plan

3.1 Date expected to/or started to use any RSPO certified palm oil products - own brand

2016

Comment:We have started a project that will lead to certification, planned to finalize in 2016.

3.2 Date expected to be using 100% RSPO certified palm oil products from any supply chain option - own brand

2025

Comment:We expect it to take a long time before 100% RSPO certified palm oil is used. We are selling to the industrial sector, wherecertification is less sought after.

3.3 Date expected to be using 100% RSPO certified palm oil from physical supply chains (Identity Preserved, Segregatedand/or Mass Balance) - own brand products

2030

Comment:Same as above.

3.4 Do your (own brand) commitments cover your company's companies' global use of palm oil?

n

3.5 Does your company use CERTIFIED SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL products in goods you manufacture on behalf of othercompanies?

n

3.6 Which countries that your organization operates in do the above commitments cover?

- Netherlands

3.7 What are your interim milestones towards achieving RSPO certification commitment to your own-brands (year andprogressive CSPO%) - please state annual targets/strategies

Currently working on a project to be certified which is expected to finalize in 2016. Further commitments towards CSPO% havenot been made.

3.8 Date of first supply chain certification (planned or achieved)

2016

Comment:We are currently working on getting certified.

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4.1 Do you use or plan to use the RSPO trademark on your own brand products?

Yes

Please state for which product range(s) you intend to apply the Trademark and when you plan to start

Our industrial products, based on palm kernel oil.

Year: 2016

GHG Emissions

5.1 Are you currently assessing the GHG emissions from your operations?

Yes

5.2 Do you publicly report the GHG emissions of your operations?

YesURL: report.akzonobel.com/2015/ar/


6.1 Outline actions that will be taken in the coming year to promote sustainable palm oil.

We are currently in the process of getting certified, upon which actions will probably follow.

Reasons for Non-Disclosure of Information

7.1 If you have not disclosed any of the above information, please indicate the reasons why

Confidential

- Others:

--

Application of Principles & Criteria for all members sectors

8.1 Related to your sourcing, do you have (a) policy/ies, that are in line with the RSPO P&C such as:

Water, land, energy and carbon footprints

Uploaded file: M-Policies-to-PNC-waterland.pdf

Land Use Rights

Uploaded file: M-Policies-to-PNC-landuseright.pdf

Ethical conduct and human rights

Uploaded file: M-Policies-to-PNC-ethicalconducthr.pdf

Labour rights

Uploaded file: M-Policies-to-PNC-laborrights.pdf

Stakeholder engagement

Uploaded file: M-Policies-to-PNC-stakeholderengagement.pdf

None of the above

8.2 What steps will/has your organization taken to support these policies?

All of the above principles are captured in the AkzoNobel code of conduct, that our suppliers are obliged to sign.

Commitments to CSPO uptake


http://report.akzonobel.com/2015/ar/

http://www.rspo.org/acop/2015/akzonobel/M-Policies-to-PNC-waterland.pdf

http://www.rspo.org/acop/2015/akzonobel/M-Policies-to-PNC-landuseright.pdf

http://www.rspo.org/acop/2015/akzonobel/M-Policies-to-PNC-ethicalconducthr.pdf

http://www.rspo.org/acop/2015/akzonobel/M-Policies-to-PNC-laborrights.pdf

http://www.rspo.org/acop/2015/akzonobel/M-Policies-to-PNC-stakeholderengagement.pdf



As you don't source 100% CSPO through physical supply chains (IP/SG/MB), please answer the following questions:Do you have plans to?

No

Please explain why

Industrial customers (our main area) are not as focused on sustainable palm oil as the personal care/food producers.

9.1 Do you have plans to immediately cover the gap using Book & Claim?

No

Please explain why

Industrial customers (our main area) are not as focused on sustainable palm oil as the personal care/food producers.

Concession Map

10.1 Does your company or any subsidiary of your company own or manage oil palm plantations?

No

Please explain why

We do not own or manage oil palm plantations.






AkzoNobel is a Dutch multinational, active in the fields of decorative paints, performance coatings and specialty chemicals.Headquartered in Amsterdam, the company has activities in more than 80 countries, and employs approximately 50,000 people.AkzoNobel does not produce soy.


AkzoNobel currently does not actively promote sustainable palm oil or the RSPO. AkzoNobel wants to stay informed about thedevelopments in the palm oil industry to be able to address possible changes in our sustainable sourcing initiatives.


No


--


AkzoNobel currently does not actively promote sustainable palm oil or the RSPO. AkzoNobel wants to stay informed about thedevelopments in the palm oil industry to be able to address possible changes in our sustainable sourcing initiatives.


No


10


The work on palm oil, and sustainable sourcing as a whole, is part of our daily operations and therefore funded from there.



One business unit within AkzoNobel is actively trying to be certified in the RSPO, which is an ongoing project that issupposed to be finalized in 2016. This is an action that will be finished in the coming year.




Challenges


In the markets that we are serving for our products containing palm kernel oil derivatives, which is the industrial market,certification of sustainable palm oil is less demanded than in other sectors such as the personal care business or the foodindustry. If our customers are not specifically asking for RSPO certified palm oil, there is no real reason for us to sourceor procure this specific product. We are however working on being certified, so that we can adjust our future procurementactions if necessary.


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

Yes


No


AkzoNobel is currently not actively promoting its RSPO membership. AkzoNobel wants to stay informed about the developments inthe soy industry to be able to address possible changes in our sustainable sourcing initiatives.


Other information can be found on our homepage or in the annual report.


Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn BhdRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn Bhd


www.aarsb.com.my




No

Membership








Research and Development (R&D)


R&D Activities


No


--


Not applicable


No


100


Self funded



Not applicable




Challenges


Lack of scientific data or evidence in some of the requirements.


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

No


No


Not applicable.


Not applicable.


BGLZ Beratungsgesellschaft für Lieferketten undZertifizierungen UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

RSPO AnnualCommunications of

Progress 2015


Organisation Name

BGLZ Beratungsgesellschaft für Lieferketten und Zertifizierungen UG (haftungsbeschränkt)


www.bglz.de




No

Membership






Progress 2015



Consulting supply chain actors in regard to supply chain certification according schemes such as RSPO or UTZ


Several public and in-house trainings in regard to RSPO SCC standard and RSPO certification were conducted. Severalcompanies were supported to implement RSPO SCCS requirements and to become RSPO certified.


Yes


Member in FONAP


--


No


50


We invoice our consultancy work in regard to RSPO to our clients.



We plan to increase number of RSPO trainings and to support more clients to become RSPO certified.




Progress 2015

Challenges


Purchase of some raw materials, e.g. aromatics, as RSPO certified is still difficult for our clients and constrainsproduction of more certified goods. Negative promotion of palm oil by some NGOs encourages supply chain actors tosubstitute palm oil by raw materials.


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

No


No


Business to business education (RSPO trainings) Consultancy for supply chain actors to become RSPO certified Participationin FONAP


For other information please visit our website http://bglz.de/rspo-zertifizierung


http://bglz.de/rspo-zertifizierung



CiradRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Cirad


http://www.cirad.fr/




Yes

Company Primary Activity RSPOMember

Plantation? Files

GHG Report Map file

PALMELIT o Affiliate Member Yes No - -

Membership







CiradRSPO Annual




CIRAD is the French agricultural research and international cooperation organization working for the sustainable developmentof tropical and Mediterranean regions. CIRAD (the Centre for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research forDevelopment) is a public industrial and commercial institution (EPIC) under the joint authority of the Ministry of HigherEducation and Research and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development. CIRAD works with the whole rangeof developing countries to generate and pass on new knowledge, support agricultural development and fuel public policies onmajor global issues concerning agriculture.CIRAD is an organization dedicated to targeted research which operations aredesigned to respond to development needs, from field to laboratory and from the local to global scale. CIRAD's activitiesinvolve life sciences, social sciences and engineering sciences which are applied to agriculture, food and ruralterritories. CIRAD works hand-in-hand with local partners on complex, ever-changing issues such as food security, ecologicalintensification, emerging diseases, or the future of agriculture in developing countries. CIRAD runs a global network ofpartners backed by twelve regional offices, from which it conducts joint operations with more than 100 countries. Itsbilateral partnerships fit in with multilateral operations of regional interest. In metropolitan France, CIRAD provides thenational and global scientific communities with extensive research and training facilities, primarily inMontpellier. CIRAD is a founding member of Agreenium, the French national consortium for agriculture, food, animal healthand the environment,. CIRAD in figures: # A staff of 1650, including 800 researchers. # Collaborative R&D operationswith more than 100 countries. # Three complementary Scientific Departments, namely : Biological Systems (BIOS), Performanceof Tropical Production and Processing Systems (PERSYST), and Environment and Societies (ES). # A total of 34 research unitsin association with Universities and Agricultural Schools. # Twelve regional offices covering metropolitan France, theFrench overseas regions and foreign countries. # Thirty world-class research platforms open to partners from developingcountries. # About 5 million euros spent on PhD courses and tutorships # 800 researchers and technicians from all over theworld hosted and trained each year. # A total budget of 197 million euros (2014).


For more than 70 years, Cirad is developing collaborative research projects in order to document, understand and share thescientific basis of sustainable palm oil production.


Yes


Major private partnership on oil palm research at Cirad include: 1. PT SMART, Indonesia: Sinar Mas Agricultural Researchand Technology For twenty years, the CIRAD-PT Smart partnership reflected in many ways most of the recent developmentsengaged by the palm oil industry. Initiated under the form of consultancy activities aimed at improving the management ofmineral fertilization, the partnership rapidly evolved towards new research questions and scientific themes which are nowbacking the steady transition efforts from the company towards sustainable production systems. Collaborative researchactivities now include precision agriculture, waste recycling (more than 15% of fertilizers used by PT Smart are noworiginating from composting various mill by-products), typology of smallholders, ecosystem services, agri-environmentalindicators, modeling of the plant architecture, etc .. 2. PT SOCFINDO, Indonesia A long term R&D partnership with PTSocfindo provided valuable series of date in both oil palm plant breeding and agronomy. The major output of such a solidpartnership is the production of certified seeds through CIRAD's subsidiary PalmElit which directly transfers results ofintensive genetics and genomics to end users: plantations and smallholders. 3. SIAT Group, Nigeria, Ghana,Gabon Activities with SIAT Group are mainly located in Western and Central Africa. they covers Best Management Practices,Integrated Pest Management, Recycling of Mill Effluents (methanisation) and the protection of endangered High ConservationValue areas (Green Ologbo Project). 4. PT REA Kaltim, Indonesia R&D activities with PT REA Kaltim are focusing on BestManagement Practices in various locations throughout East Kalimantan. 5. PT Austindo, Indonesia CIRAD is principallyinvolved in R&D on fertilisation management, agricultural practices and and efficiency of mill effluents recycling(composting) with PT Austindo (ANJ).


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Yes


10


CiradRSPO Annual



Around 75% of CIRAD budget comes from French Government, the rest of funding being provided by both public and privatebilateral/multilateral partnership. Oil palm research is roughly funded through 60% of public budget. It is generatedthrough bilateral collaborative research activities and competitive research grants. In 2015, a total workforce equivalentto 50 full time permanent staff was dedicated to oil palm research at Cirad. As a whole the research effort on oil palmfrom Cirad accounts for a gross yearly amount of € 10 millions.



Cirad is committed to collaborative research on the scientific basis of sustainability certification for the palm oilindustry. - Genetics and Genomics Research : historical and ongoing activity at Cirad (relayed by PalmElit) withproduction of certified seeds under commercial partnership agreements in Benin, Nigeria, Indonesia, Thailand, Ecuador andColombia. - Research on best agronomic practices: coupling good agronomic management with reduced and quantifiedenvironmental impacts - Describing, qualifying and better understanding the diversity of production systems and identifyinglevers for change (smallholders and plantation companies) - Research on agricultural and forest ecosystem services andsystems - Research on public governance systems and certification schemes - Research on the perception of global changes bylocal stakeholders


CiradRSPO Annual


Challenges


In France, there is huge room for improvement in public education and communication on efforts undertaken by stakeholders toimprove the sustainability of palm oil production. Recent changes on the French tax regime on vegetable oils has increasedtensions between pros and cons. CIRAD works in relationship with Alliance Francaise pour l'Huile de Palme Durable(http://www.huiledepalmedurable.org/lalliance-francaise-pour-une-huile-de-palme-durable/) in order to promote CSPO among boththe French public and decision makers. Major obstacles reside in the long-term funding of research on key topicsunderlying RSPO Principles and Criteria. Private/public partnership has always been quite efficient but more coordination isneeded between national/international research centres and funding bodies in order to avoid overlapping and dispersion.


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

No


Yes


CIRAD's role as a public research institution is to provide evidence-based data and research results to the industry andpublic decision makers. As a whole, CIRAD has produced 425 peer-reviewed research articles since 2015 from its researchactivities on oil palm.


http://www.huiledepalmedurable.org/lalliance-francaise-pour-une-huile-de-palme-durable/)





CiradRSPO Annual



Some recent key publications from CIRAD: Montoya, C., Lopes, R., Flori, A., Cros, D., Cuellar, T., Summo, M., ... &Zambrano, J. R. (2013). Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) analysis of palm oil fatty acid composition in an interspecificpseudo-backcross from Elaeis oleifera (HBK) Cortés and oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.). Tree genetics & genomes, 9(5),1207-1225. Morcillo, F., Cros, D., Billotte, N., Ngando-Ebongue, G. F., Domonhédo, H., Pizot, M., ... & Claverol, S.(2013). Improving palm oil quality through identification and mapping of the lipase gene causing oil deterioration. Naturecommunications, 4. Pardon, L., Bessou, C., Nelson, P. N., Dubos, B., Ollivier, J., Marichal, R., ... & Gabrielle, B.(2016). Key unknowns in nitrogen budget for oil palm plantations. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 36(1),1-21. Bessou, C., Basset-Mens, C., Latunussa, C., Vélu, A., Heitz, H., Vannière, H., & Caliman, J. P. (2016). Partialmodelling of the perennial crop cycle misleads LCA results in two contrasted case studies. The International Journal of LifeCycle Assessment, 21(3), 297-310. Cros, D., Denis, M., Sánchez, L., Cochard, B., Flori, A., Durand-Gasselin, T., ... &Suryana, E. (2015). Genomic selection prediction accuracy in a perennial crop: case study of oil palm (Elaeis guineensisJacq.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 128(3), 397-410. Tisné, S., Denis, M., Cros, D., Pomiès, V., Riou, V.,Syahputra, I., ... & Cochard, B. (2015). Mixed model approach for IBD-based QTL mapping in a complex oil palm pedigree. BMCgenomics, 16(1), 798. Montoya, C., Cochard, B., Flori, A., Cros, D., Lopes, R., Cuellar, T., ... & Ritter, E. (2014).Genetic architecture of palm oil fatty acid composition in cultivated oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) Compared to its wildrelative E. oleifera (HBK) Cortés. PloS one, 9(5), e95412. Bessou, C., Chase, L. D., Henson, I. E., Abdul-Manan, A. F., iCanals, L. M., Agus, F., ... & Chin, M. (2014). Pilot application of PalmGHG, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oilgreenhouse gas calculator for oil palm products. Journal of Cleaner Production, 73, 136-145. Nkongho, R. N., Feintrenie,L., & Levang, P. (2014). The non-industrial palm oil sector in Cameroon (Vol. 139). CIFOR. Tao, H. H., Slade, E. M.,Willis, K. J., Caliman, J. P., & Snaddon, J. L. (2016). Effects of soil management practices on soil fauna feeding activityin an Indonesian oil palm plantation. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 218, 133-140. Dussert, S., Guerin, C.,Andersson, M., Joët, T., Tranbarger, T. J., Pizot, M., ... & Morcillo, F. (2013). Comparative transcriptome analysis ofthree oil palm fruit and seed tissues that differ in oil content and fatty acid composition. Plant physiology, 162(3),1337-1358. Mercière, M., Laybats, A., Carasco-Lacombe, C., Tan, J. S., Klopp, C., Durand-Gasselin, T., ... & Breton, F.(2015). Identification and development of new polymorphic microsatellite markers using genome assembly for Ganodermaboninense, causal agent of oil palm basal stem rot disease. Mycological Progress, 14(11), 1-11. Comte, I., Colin, F.,Grünberger, O., Follain, S., Whalen, J. K., & Caliman, J. P. (2013). Landscape-scale assessment of soil response tolong-term organic and mineral fertilizer application in an industrial oil palm plantation, Indonesia. Agriculture, ecosystems& environment, 169, 58-68. Verwilghen, A. (2015). Rodent pest management and predator communities in oil palm plantationsin Indonesia: a comparison of two contrasting systems (Doctoral dissertation, Univ. de Franche-Comté). Ponte, S., &Cheyns, E. (2013). Voluntary standards, expert knowledge and the governance of sustainability networks. Global Networks,13(4), 459-477. Cheyns, E. (2014). Making “minority voices” heard in transnational roundtables: The role of local NGOsin reintroducing justice and attachments. Agriculture and Human Values, 31(3), 439-453. Djama, M., & Daviron, B. (2010,May). Managerial rationality and power reconfiguration in the multi-stakeholder initiatives for agricultural commodities: thecase of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). In European Group for Organizational Studies summer workshop,Margaux, France (pp. 26-28).


Control Union (Malaysia) Sdn BhdRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Control Union (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd


http://www.controlunion.com/




No

Membership











Certification and Inspection


Conducting auditing on RSPO P&C, SCC, NPP and RED. RSPO NEXT in future.


Yes


Organizing training


--


Yes


100


Through certification services payment by clients



1. Organizing Training and Calibration 2. Seminar




Challenges


N/A : Certification Body


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

Yes


No


Engagement with stakeholders for certification subjects.


N/A : Certification Body


COSMOLOG LOGISTICA LTDARSPO Annual



Organisation Name

COSMOLOG LOGISTICA LTDA


WWW.COSMOLOG.COM.BR




Yes


Plantation? Files

GHG Report Map file

Cosmoquimica Industria ecomercio Eireli

o Affiliate Member Yes No - -

Membership








Storage chemicals products.


As a service provider (Warehouse ) there are not so many things to do.


No


--




No


50


We do not work on palm oil funded







Challenges




--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


No






CV. KOOMPASIA CONSULTANTRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

CV. KOOMPASIA CONSULTANT


--




No

Membership








Sustainability, Quality, Enviromenment Consulting and training


To provide awareness training about sustainability palm oil


Yes


1. To provide awareness training about sustainability palm oil 2. High Conservation value (HCV) Identification


--


No


100


Training Participant



-1. To provide awareness training about sustainability palm oil 2. High Conservation value (HCV) Identification




Challenges


-


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


Yes


Business to business education


-


Dato' Henry S. BarlowRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Dato' Henry S. Barlow


--




--

Membership


8-0019-05-000-00 Affiliate Individuals






As an individual I have been closely involved with RSPO activities since its establishment.


NOT APPLICABLE


Yes


As an independent board member of Sime Darby Berhad till 23 November 2015, I chaired the Board Sustainability Committee sinceits establishment 4 years earlier, and thus been closely involved in encouraging and monitoring the Group's compliance withRSPO. Currently I am chair of New Britain Palm Oil Ltd. based in PNG with an outstanding sustainability record.


--


Yes


100


NOT APPLICABLE



NOT APPLICABLE




Challenges


NOT APPLICABLE


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


--


I have since 2014 and to date in 2016 chaired the RSPO Complaints Committee. This involves monthly meetings of 2-3 hours foreach of which approx. 1.5 hours preparation is needed and 30 minutes post meeting for liaising with RSPO office overfinalisation of the minutes. I have also been closely involved in planning and implementation of updating the ComplaintsPanel procedures to move towards Compliance with international accepted standard.


NOT APPLICABLE


Decarbonize LimitedRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Decarbonize Limited


http://www.decarbonize.org.uk




No

Membership










Our vision is for a more sustainable world, in which we learn to live equitably within the resources and capacity of our oneplanet. In everything we do, our principles are always to: > apply sound science - using analysis, technologies andstandards that deliver real sustainability impacts > stimulate innovation - growing sustainable solutions > add value- mitigating risk, increasing income and saving cost We do so by advising in the areas of: - sustainable business andcorporate responsibility - clean technology, and - circular economy.


With respect to palm oil / RSPO: a) representing the Retailers' Palm Oil Group on the RSPO Board b) feedback on marketdevelopments and other relevant information to Retailers' Palm Oil Group members c) managing and reporting on the Retailers'Palm Oil Group members' performance


Yes


Collaborate with the Retailers Palm oil Group, all of whom are RSPO members: - Ahold - Asda - Aldi South Group - BootsUK - Coles - COOP Switzerland - Delhaize Group - MIGROS - Marks and Spencer - Sainsbury’s - Tesco - TheCo-operative (Food UK) - Waitrose


--


Yes


50


Solely by Retailers' Palm Oil Group members



> Represent Retailers' Palm Oil Group members on the RSPO Board of Governors > Represent Retailers' Palm Oil Groupmembers on the RSPO NEXT Working group, a sub-group of the Board > Represent Retailers' Palm Oil Group members on theRSPO Complaints sub-group of the Board > Liaise with Communications & Claims standing committee to advocate for theurgent need for an open market directory of certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) > Liaise with Trade & Traceabilitystanding committee to explain the need for physical (not segregated!) supply chain labels in the new IT system for RSPO-NEXTcertified material > Convene at least 4 quarterly meetings of the Retailers' Palm Oil Group members to discuss currentissues and developments




Challenges


-


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

No


No


See above.


On behalf of the Retailers Palm Oil Group, Decarbonize will produce a summary of members annual progress in this RSPO AnnualCommunication of Progress period.


DuPont de Nemours (France) SASRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

DuPont de Nemours (France) SAS


http://www.dupont.com




No

Membership










Educating best practices in crop protection products to farmers and distribution channels


Training on product stewardship, safe use and empty used crop protection product containers recycling


Yes


With major oil palm plantation group


--


No


50


Own funding



Continue to promote sustainable agriculture - training on product stewardship, safe use and empty used crop protectionproduct containers recycling




Challenges


Not applicable


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

Yes


No


Business to business education


None


EX Research Institute LtdRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

EX Research Institute Ltd


http://www.exri.co.jp/english/




--

Membership











Environmental consultancy


Joining voluntary meetings organised between Japanese RSPO member companies and organisations.


Yes


Through voluntary meetings of Japanese RSPO members


--


No


10


Company's budget, and from the clients who want the survey on palm oil industry.



Through keep participating to the RSPO community in Japan, and through providing consultancy service in the field of Palm oilindustry.




Challenges


Limited recognition on palm oil itself among general population is the largest obstacles in Japan to promote CSPO. Weintroduce our engagement to RSPO on the company's website.


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

No


No


Participation to meetings of Japanese RSPO members, and communication with the members.


--


Exova Group (UK) Limited ta Exova BM TradaRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Exova Group (UK) Limited ta Exova BM Trada


http://www.exovabmtrada.com




No

Membership










Accredited Certification Body involved in a range of certification services including management systems (ISO 9001, 14001,OHSAS 18001), FSC and PEFC chain of custody, RSPO and UTZ Supply Chain certification, BRC, Product testing and calibration.


Andy Green (Sustainable Supply Chain Manager sits on the Communications & Claims Standing Committee. Alasdair McGregor(Technical Manager), sits on the Trade & Traceability Standing Committee. Attended and sponsored RSPO EU Roundtable inAmsterdam and facilitated during the World Cafe event.. Attended European CB Meeting in Amsterdam in 2015 Attended RT13 in November 2015,


Yes


We work with retailers in the UK, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Italy , to help to transform their supply chains.


--


Yes


10


Income from supply chain certification.



1. Attend RSPO EU event in Milan in June 2016 2, Attend RT14 in November 2016. 3. Continued membership of the T&T and C&Cstanding committees 4. Seminars planned in UK, USA and South Africa during 2016 5. Continue to encourage companies to comeinto certification.




Challenges


The continued attempts by some operators to imply that the purchase of Greenpalm certificates equates with certified palmoil.


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


Yes


Yes, extensive B2B education / outreach over the last 9 years.


Exova BM TRADA Technical bulletins on supply chain certification and rules on communications & claims available on Exova BMTRADA websiteat: http://www.exovabmtrada.com/en-gb/certification/supply-chain-certification/rspo-sustainable-palm-oil 2. "How to getstarted with sustainable palm oil" booklet.


http://www.exovabmtrada.com/en-gb/certification/supply-chain-certification/rspo-sustainable-palm-oil





Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats AssociationsLimited


Progress 2015


Organisation Name

Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Associations Limited


http://www.fosfa.org




No

Membership








Progress 2015



Contract issuing body and arbitration service provider


Provision of standard terms of trade, globally including for palm oil and palm products


No


--


retain a neutral position


No


50


membership subscriptions



Continued reporting of RSPO developments to our members - over 1000 in 86 countries




Progress 2015

Challenges


N/A


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

No


No


Monitoring progress and reporting


Continuing monitoring of progress and reporting activities


FEDIOL - EU Vegetable Oil and ProteinmealIndustry


Progress 2015


Organisation Name

FEDIOL - EU Vegetable Oil and Proteinmeal Industry


http://www.fediol.eu/




No

Membership









Progress 2015



FEDIOL represents the interests of the EU crushers and vegetable oil refiners towards European Institutions. Industriesaffiliated to FEDIOL (150 plants belonging to approximately 35 companies across 17 EU Member States) are crushing oilseedsand refining crude vegetable oils, both locally grown and imported. FEDIOL addresses issues of common interest to ourcompanies and does it generally in horizontally manner. Our working groups deal with food and feed safety, food and feedregulatory issues, nutrition, trade, environment and sustainability, agricultural policy and supply chain issues.


Throughout 2015, FEDIOL has raised sustainable palm oil issues within relevant working groups, making members less involvedin the palm oil issue aware about developments. We discussed market up-take of sustainable palm oil, EU policy debatesrelative to deforestation and other issues specific to the supply chain. FEDIOL finalised in November a first monitoring ofsustainable palm oil used in our plants in Europe with members volunteering to joint in this exercise. The exercise coveredthe full year of 2014 and Q1 and Q2 of 2015.


Yes


Since early 2014, FEDIOL is member of the European Sustainable Palm Oil Advocacy Group (ESPOAG). FEDIOL has discussedextensively with its partner organisations involved (4 other European associations and several national palm oil coalitions)many questions arising relative to sustainability and nutrition in the context of palm oil in Europe and particularly how toachieve up-take of sustainable palm oil. ESPOAG, further to trying to re-balance the messaging around palm oil,participated in EU workshops and meetings organised by the European Commission, with a view to raise more awareness aboutsustainably produced palm oil and other aspects related to palm oil.


--


Yes


10


FEDIOL is an association funded exclusively through membership contributions. Our activities, which are decided on a yearlybasis by the FEDIOL General Assembly are mostly horizontal and even if action can be focused when needed on rapeseed,soybeans, sunflower seed oil or palm oil (for example), there is no isolated budget to cover these specific actions; thecommon funds serve all identified priorities.



In 2016, we can anticipate that the monitoring exercise of sustainable palm oil used within the FEDIOL membership will becontinued and will deliver full year comparable results. We will continue exchanging internally. We will cooperate with ourpartners in ESPOAG (other EU associations, national platforms, with the involvement of RSPO Europe) implement the differentpoints of our action plan. This means addressing the identified stumbling blocks to sustainable palm oil up-take in Europebut also engaging in the discussions that are prominent in Europe, such as palm oil and deforestation, no-palm oil claims andalso traceability. There are already events scheduled for which we are either providing a speaker or which we areco-sponsoring.




Progress 2015

Challenges


The continued use of "no palm" claims by certain players in the supply chain was not helpful to all our efforts to supportthe up-take of sustainable palm oil. We continued viewing this as requiring critical action within ESPOAG in terms ofexplaining the problems this raises. Anti-palm oil campaigns continued or started in certain EU member states, leading us tosupport coalitions aiming at providing a coordinated response to other stakeholders, media, governments and the generalpublic.


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

Yes


No


See the responses made on action developed at ESPOAG level (question 1.3 and 2.1)


We do provide (on our web-site) information about palm and nutrition. We would be a critical player at EU level should anyfood or feed safety issues around palm oil arise.


Flokstra Survey Bureau B.V.RSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Flokstra Survey Bureau B.V.


http://www.flokstra.nl




No

Membership










Marine and cargo survey. Superintending and inspection before, during and after discharge and/or loading. Sampling, loadcompartment inspections of shoretanks, conveyances. Weight determination and CCP monitoring


Inspection on and verification of Indentity Preserved, Segregated and mass balance for Palm Oils and it's fractions and PalmKernel Oils and it's fractions shipped.


Yes


Provide Inspection and verification of Indentity Preserved, Segregated and mass balance for Palm Oils and it's fractions andPalm Kernel Oils and it's fractions for exporters


--


No


100


Service fee



To offer inspections and verifications of Indentity Preserved, Segregated and mass balance for Palm Oils and it's fractionsand Palm Kernel Oils and it's fractions for exporters




Challenges


None


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

Yes


No


Not applicable - inspection body


Not applicable - inspection body


Food Reg AGRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Food Reg AG


http://www.foodreg.com




No

Membership










We provide services to companies and other organisations to assist in traceability, monitoring and reporting sustainability,and supply chain analysis.


We have provided the KnownSources traceability and reporting platform, in use by both members and non-members in the palm oilindustry, which assists in providing information about the level of sustainability in the industry and allows companies todirect their efforts to their supply base in order to improve levels of sustainability.


Yes


We have collaborated with more than 100 private companies to assist them in their transformation towards CSPO throughproviding them greater visibility of their supply chain and the level of certified sustainability achieved.


--


No


50


Our work on palm oil is mainly funded by fees charged to the organisations using our services, but we have also receivedfunding from IDH, the Dutch organisation that promotes sustainable trade.



We will be further developing and extending the functionality and use of the KnownSources platform, and we expect to beworking with the RSPO FFB Legality & Traceability Task Force in order to study the risks of illegal FFBs entering the supplychain.




Challenges


We have found that confidentiality concerns have been an impediment to the sharing of information necessary to achieve CSPOtraceability. To meet these concerns we have developed an agreement for sharing data that has now been signed by a major partof the industry and we have put in place effective mechanisms to transport key information while protecting commercialconfidentiality. A further obstacle is that the movement of the industry towards CSPO means that traditional concepts of palmoil as a commodity have to be modified. We have tried to provide information to allow sustainable palm oil to be properlyidentified, therefore separating it from a commodity definition.


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


No


Our organisation has contributed to the understanding of the value of current movements towards sustainability, and theeffectiveness of measures being taken, by organising events to engage with NGOs and other key stakeholders and by speaking atpublic events.


None


Girl Scouts of the USARSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Girl Scouts of the USA


www.girlscouts.org




No

Membership








Youth leadership program


Oversight of the benchmarks set by our licensed manufacturers.


No


--


It is not part of our main activities as a youth leadership program.


No


10


Within our general budget



Continued support of our licensed manufacturers in their efforts. Continued proactive and reactive education of ourmembership through web and other channels.




Challenges


N/A


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

No


Yes


Engaging with Girl Scout members and licensed manufacturers


N/A


Grofor - Deutscher Verband des Großhandels mitÖlen, Fetten und Ölrohstoffen e.V.


Progress 2015


Organisation Name

Grofor - Deutscher Verband des Großhandels mit Ölen, Fetten und Ölrohstoffen e.V.


http://www.grofor.de




No

Membership








Progress 2015



Representing the interessts of the members of the association towards politics and public authorities.


Sharing information of RSPO within our members.


No


--


Member companies take care of this issue within their own company.


No


10


no activities in that respect



--




Progress 2015

Challenges


As we are not trading ourselfs we can not answer this question.


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

No


No


we transmit information from RSPO to our members


we transmit information from RSPO to our members


Grupo Biz Colombia S.A.S (Agrobiz is our traderegistered mark)


Progress 2015


Organisation Name

Grupo Biz Colombia S.A.S (Agrobiz is our trade registered mark)


www.agrobiz.biz




No

Membership






Progress 2015



We are advisors on sustainable agriculture and are in the process of constituting trademarks to commercialization ofsustainable local products.


During this period, we accompanied several companies in the RSPO certification. We also began structuring trainings.


Yes


We support the certification of one of the largest merchandisers of palm oil in Colombia in SCC.


--


Yes


50


Our company was born from oil palm. Part of the founders came from palm companies and have been transferring knowledge inother areas of sustainable agriculture businesses. We currently work in general industry studies aspects of competitivenessand sustainability and accompany companies to comply with the RSPO.



We continue to support the sector in Latam to achieve sustainability. Miguel Tejada participates in the GCAL and is an activemember in the discussions that take Canbo and will continue. Similarly, we are in the process of developing products to thefinal consumer of sustainable palm oil.




Progress 2015

Challenges


Latam has its peculiarities but no less sustainable. Quite the opposite. Palm Oil in Latam is sustainable and achievedemonstrate this through certification is a big challenge. Making small producers achieve this certification will also be agreat challenge.


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

Yes


No


Our organization believes in and supports the guidelines.


NA


Helikonia Advisory Sdn BhdRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Helikonia Advisory Sdn Bhd


www.helikonia.com.my




No

Membership


8-0107-10-000-00 Affiliate Association






--


--


--


--


--


--


--


--



--




Challenges


Concern for new/potential growers on cost and complexity of compensation mechanism.


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


No


We engage with clients across all sectors to adopt RSPO as a minimum.


No further information. We will continue to promote RSPO as well as encouraging companies to go beyond in material areas.


IBD CertificationsRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

IBD Certifications


http://www.ibd.com.br




No

Membership










Sustainable and agriculture third party certification.


Participating and promoting RSPO congresses and trainings in Brazil area.


Yes


Providing training courses focused on RSPO and informing clients regarding RSPO updates.


--


Yes


10


Certification and related services fees.



Supporting RSPO events (mainly in Latin America), promoting and sponsoring training courses and providing certificationservices.




Challenges


None that require special attention.


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

Yes


No


Business to business education and sponsoring RSPO related events in Latim America.


IBD provides additional information on palm oil (also concerning clients and certification processes) through it's websiteand regular communitcation letters.


Intertek Certification GmbHRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Intertek Certification GmbH


http://www.intertek.com




No

Membership










--


--


--


--


--


--


--


--



--




Challenges


different Transition periods of RSPO Standard documents, still lack of some clarifications of Interpretation possibilities inStandard ans Systems documents.


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

No


No


N/A


N/A


Intertek Certification International Sdn. Bhd.RSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Intertek Certification International Sdn. Bhd.






No

Membership










--


--


--


--


--


--


--


--



--




Challenges


Market misconception that certification of CSPO and related products has not made significant changes on the ground level ieproduction at plantations. Changing of market perception that CSPO has made positive significant impacts on the livelihood ofthe communities and producing countries is still the long term challenge. Consumers and consuming countries still need to becommitted to responsible procurement and be willing to pay the premium for sustainably produced palm oil and its products.


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


No


Being actively engaged in the awareness and promotion of certifications to RSPO standards and encouraging consumer markets tosupport the use of CSPO and its related products.


Our public information on RSPO certification programs and all certified units are made available via web link in our IntertekGroup, international website.


ISACert B.V.RSPO Annual



Organisation Name

ISACert B.V.


http://www.isacert.com




No

Membership










Certification Body


1. Certification audits (growth of 25% in 2015) 2. Participation in training courses 3. Participation in conference(Amsterdam) 4. Participation in Standing Committees (Supply Chain CB committee)


Yes


1. ISACert BV gives information to protential clients on the certifiaction process and RSPO standards. 2. Technical updatesfor exsisting clients. 3. ISACet BV recently (1 April 2016) updated the website including the product information on RSPO


--


Yes


10


Commercial activity



1. Certification audits 2. Training courses 3. Conferences 4. Participation in Standing Committees (Supply chaincertification CB Committee)




Challenges


New markets e.g. Eastern Europe show interest in RSPO certified palm oil. Cost of RSPO membership and RSPO certificationtogether makes it difficult to develop these markets. ISACert BV started by qualifying local auditing staff to be more costeffective.


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


No


1. training courses 2. website brochures


See question 3 above


Istituto Per La Certificazione Etica Ed Ambientale(ICEA)


Progress 2015


Organisation Name

Istituto Per La Certificazione Etica Ed Ambientale (ICEA)


www.icea.info




No

Membership


8-0156-15-000-00 Affiliate Organisation




Progress 2015



Certification services


ICEA offers RSPO certification to all clients


No


--


ICEA is a Certification Body


No


10


Clients pay an annual fee for control and certification



To offer RSPO certification to all possible clients




Progress 2015

Challenges


Obstacles: - negative claims against palm oil based products in Italy - no knowledge of consumers about palm oil productspecifications - use of English for RSPO communications with Italian customers Efforts: - to provideexplanations/information in Italian - to report to RSPO any difficulties about claims - to share positive claims with ICEARSPO clients


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

No


Yes


Business to business education/outreach


ICEA share with clients all information received from RSPO


ITS Testing Services (M) Sdn BhdRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

ITS Testing Services (M) Sdn Bhd






No

Membership










Quality and Quantity Survey Inspection


As the Superintendent Surveying Company that conduct inspection of palm oil for export/import (loading/discharging).


No


--


We are Independent Superintendent Surveying Company that can be appointed by any party dealing with this product trade.


No


50


Not funded. We are Independent Superintendent Surveying Company that can be appointed by any party dealing with this producttrade.



As the Independent Superintendent Surveying Company, any findings made must be factual, impartial and professional to anyparties.




Challenges


We as the Independent Superintendent Surveying Company are merely performing the survey inspection of the product trade.


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


Yes


As the Independent Superintendent Surveying Company, any findings made must be factual, impartial and professional to anyparties.


Support the industry with factual, impartial and professional reporting.


Kenso Corporation (M) Sdn BhdRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Kenso Corporation (M) Sdn Bhd


http://www.kenso.com.my




No

Membership










Supplying agrochemicals.


Educating end users in the proper usage of chemicals.


Yes


We participate in stakeholders meeting when invited.


--


Yes


10


Internal resources.



We will continue to provide technical support to all users of our products.




Challenges


Nil


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


Yes


Educating end users on the proper usage of chemicals.


We supply products approved by the Malaysian Pesticides Board and its usage is allowed by RSPO.


Knowledge Integration Services India Pvt LtdRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Knowledge Integration Services India Pvt Ltd


www.kisgroup.net




--

Membership








1. Water Treatment Plants 2. Waste Water Treatment Plants 3. Biogas Projects 4. Biogas to Power Generation 5. BiomassProjects


ZPHB Technology developed especially to treat POME effluent & to capture Biogas from the POME. This technology avoidsMethane emission to enviroment, thus making our planet more green.


Yes


By adopting ZPHB technology to teat the POME, the mills can avoid emission of Methane to the enviroment.


--


No


50


Not applicable



We aim to build the ZPHB Biogas plants in all the mills, so that Methane emission due to POME is completely controlled.




Challenges


1. Lack of awareness on ZPHB Biogas plants 2. Lack of awareness on Methane emission impacts.


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

Yes


Yes


By convicing the Palm Oil Mills to go for Biogas capture projects. Thus making it a Sustainable Palm Oil Mill.


Biogas capture Plant for each & every Palm Oil Mills should be made compulsory.


NATURAL RESOURCES STEWARDSHIPCIRCLE (NRSC)


Progress 2015


Organisation Name

NATURAL RESOURCES STEWARDSHIP CIRCLE (NRSC)


www.nrsc.fr




No

Membership


8-0140-13-000-00 Affiliate Individuals




Progress 2015



The NRSC is a gathering of leaders in the beauty industry (fragrances and cosmetics) who have collectively committed todeveloping and implementing responsible corporate practices across all domains – economic, social, and environmental –along raw material supply chains, from source to finished product.


During 2015, the NRSC implemented the following activities: - Organization of a workshop (April 29) with NGOs, members'suppliers and RSPO. - Partnership with The Forest Trust (TFT) for a traceability exercise with members' supply chain. -Webinars to share no-deforestation approach with members' suppliers.


Yes


The Natural Resources Stewardship Circle (NRSC) is a network of leaders from the cosmetics, fragrance and flavors industrywho “wish to act together in concrete fashion, and based on shared commitments and principles, to preserve, over the longterm, the biodiversity of the supply chains of natural products used by the industry and beyond, and to develop cooperative,sustainable, fair-trade projects with the local communities, local farmers who are the first actors of a supplychain”. The association has a dedicated working group on palm since 2012, organizing 4 workshops with our members andtheir suppliers, as well as NGOs (2012, two in 2013, 2015). In 2015, we started a traceability exercise with the supplychain.


--


Yes


10


NRSC sustainable palm oil program is funded by membership fees.



Position paper: NRSC to publish a position paper on sustainable palm oil. Follow up on traceability exercise: workshop toshare traceability exercise outcomes with key actors in the supply chain and NRSC members.




Progress 2015

Challenges


Challenge: complexity of the supply chains particularly for our industry sector where our members are mainly using palm oiland palm kernel oil derivatives. Our effort was focused on mapping the supply chain, speaking with one voice via acollective effort.


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

No


No


The NRSC systematically invited RSPO representatives during supplier’s workshops. NRSC workshops allow members and keyactors within the supply chain to better understand and manage deforestation risk.


Please find more information about the NRSC on the link below: www.nrsc.fr


NATURALEZA, ENERGÍA, SOCIEDAD S.A.S -NES NATURALEZA S.A.S


Progress 2015


Organisation Name

NATURALEZA, ENERGÍA, SOCIEDAD S.A.S - NES NATURALEZA S.A.S


www.nesnaturaleza.com




No

Membership






Progress 2015



Nes Naturaleza support the implementation of RSPO standards in Latinamerica. Also it works on sustainable development doingresearch reports and market studies in the agroindustry. It works promoting sustainability in the agricultural sector and onthe use of biomass as renewable energy


NES Naturaleza works on: -RSPO P&C standards workshops in private companies -RSPO mills implementation -Participation onpublic RSPO Consultation and on the Latinamerica RSPO consulting group - Transfering of RSPO knowledge in smallholders


Yes


I do consultancy on sustainable standards and I promote the adoption of RSPO in mills, growers and traders.


--


Yes


100


Private funding



-To help palm growers, millers and traders to better understand RSPO Standards. - Support those companies in the field inorder to be able to reach certification. - Transfer of RSPO knowledge in smallholders in Latinamerica - Participate in RSPOworkshops, RT conference and others




Progress 2015

Challenges


Constant changes in the RSPO procedures are an obstacle for small, medium and large farmers in the implmentation ofRSPO. There is a need of a clarity in smallholders procedure for group certification


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

Yes


No


Business to business education, engagement with private companies (mills, Growers) and working together with smallholders andlarger farmers in the field.


RSPO might explore the possibility of developing a space on its web page for latam market.


OVID Verband der ölsaatenverarbeitendenIndustrie in Deutschland e.V.


Progress 2015


Organisation Name

OVID Verband der ölsaatenverarbeitenden Industrie in Deutschland e.V.


http://www.ovid-verband.de




--

Membership








Progress 2015



OVID represents the oilseed crushing and oil refining companies in Germany. As an association, OVID is the interface betweenits member companies, politics, industry, academia and institutions.


Discussion, exchange and communication of palm oil and RSPO related topics within OVID board and OVID committees and withother stakeholders in the food value chain. Member in the Forum for Sustainable Palm Oil in Germany (FONAP): The aim ofthe Forum is to boost significantly the proportion of segregated, certified sustainable palm oil in Germany and to make 100%certified palm oil available as soon as possible. Participation in conferences, seminars, training courses, e.g. withinthe European Palm Oil Alliance.


No


--


--


--


10


Membership Fees



As above




Progress 2015

Challenges


N/A


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


No


See above (for example, as member of FONAP activities towards politics, business, civil society in Germany to boost theproportion of certified sustainable palm oil.)


--


PalmElit SASRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

PalmElit SAS


www.palmelit.com




No

Membership








--


--


--


--


--


--


--


--



--




Challenges


None.


--

Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


Yes


-promotion through inclusion of RSPO in all our presentations to our customers and prospects, inconferences or in privatemeetings - including a clause on respect of RSPO P&C in all our long term contracts for seed supply to oil palm planters -we invite all our prospects (future planters) to reflect on RSPO through a questionnaire systematically forwarded at theearly steps of our relationship with them, with the following note : "Choosing a sustainable approach will have a determiningimpact for your project and for all stakeholders (customers, employees, public opinion ...). Moreover you will be efficientand will limit risks and will facilitate your project development on the long run." In this opportunity we request them todeclare their intention with regards to RSPO certification. - we included in our General conditions of sale : "ARTICLE 14:SUSTAINABLE OIL PALM DEVELOPMENT - Under its Code of Conduct available at www.palmelit.com, PalmElit reserves theright notto sell to Clients who, when the planting project equals or exceeds 3,000 ha, are unable to become RSPO-certified due tofailings in respect of FPIC (Free, Prior and Informed Consent) and/or planting in an HCV (High Conservation Value) zone afterthe deadline of November 2005, or planting on peat of more than 3 metres. By accepting these General Conditions of Sale,associated with PalmElit’s pro forma offer, the Client is committed to being able to implement RSPO Principles and Criteriaby 2020 in order to obtain certification."


None


ProForestRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

ProForest


http://www.proforest.net




No

Membership










Proforest helps people manage the world’s natural resources sustainably. We are an independent, international organisationthat works alongside producers, industry, governments, NGOs and communities to help them understand and address theirsustainability challenges, bridge their differences and arrive at effective, integrated solutions. Our expertise deliverssustainable natural resource management – from policy, investment and procurement to production on the ground. Our visionis to achieve Sustainable Livelihoods in Sustainable Landscapes, and our approach to responsible sourcing aims to contributeto this transformation agenda.


Proforest provides responsible palm oil sourcing services, gives practical support to companies - processors, buyers andtraders - to develop and implement their responsible sourcing policies, and we continue to support sustainabilityinitiatives, such as RSPO, and provide training and capacity building services to a range of stakeholders. In addition,Proforest works directly with growers and smallholders, helping them to meet the RSPO P&C. Our work includes: palm oilpolicy development; spatial analysis and mapping of oil-palm production zones; coordinating RSPO gap assessments andsite-based verification of compliance by mills and plantations against buyers’ policy requirements; subsequent engagementwith companies to improve practices; and technical services such as High Conservation Values (HCV) and High Carbon Stock(HCS) assessments. We have been working with many of the world's leading companies who are RSPO members, and eitherparticipate in or provide technical support for several multi-stakeholder initiatives concerned with sustainable palm oil. Asa working group member of the HCS Approach, Proforest have been involved in industry-wide efforts to align methods anddefinitions concerning HCS and to integrate the principles of HCS, HCV and FPIC. Proforest also continue to provide supportservices directly to the RSPO, which in 2015 included facilitation of the Group Certification document, facilitatingconsultations regarding the revised New Planting Procedure, technical input into the new Certification Systems document,facilitating public consultations on the Compensation Procedure in Colombia, and supporting consultation for NationalInterpretations of the RSPO P&C in Honduras and Gabon. We are RSPO-endorsed training providers for the Lead Auditor P&Candduring 2015 delivered RSPO lead auditor courses in Colombia, Malaysia and Indonesia, and producer training courses in Ghanaand Côte d’Ivoire. Using programmatic funding from RSPO, Proforest is working on online training elements for RSPO LeadAuditor Production and RSPO Lead Auditor Supply Chain. More broadly Proforest is leading the Africa Practitioners Network forbuilding the capacity of auditors in Africa through training and mentoring:http://www.proforest.net/en/programmes/africa/africa-practitioners-network. During 2015, we continued to supportpublic–private processes aimed at sustainable palm oil. Proforest is coordinator of the Africa Palm Oil Initiative,launched by the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 (TFA) in 2014, whose focus is the development of principles for responsiblepalm oil production in West and Central Africa: https://www.tfa2020.org/activities/african-palm-oil-initiative/. Proforest isalso the secretariat for the SHARP programme, a multi-stakeholder partnership which is working with the private sector tosupport sustainable smallholder development: www.sharp-partnership.org. SHARP’s RSS framework is a tool for smallholdersand their partners in palm oil supply chains to use as a stepwise approach towards RSPO certification. Proforest have beenworking with Jaremar and other partners in Honduras to help smallholders become certified, using tools such as RSS andbenefiting from funding from the RSPO Smallholder Support Fund. And in 2015, we oversaw the transition of the HCV ResourceNetwork from a secretariat hosted by Proforest to an independent company, helping to broaden application of the HCV approachthrough workshops, technical guidance and an assessor licensing scheme: www.hcvnetwork.org.


Yes


As detailed above, part of our work involves collaboration with private-sector actors in the palm oil industry, providingthem with support services towards achieving production and sourcing of CSPO.


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Yes


50


http://www.proforest.net/en/programmes/africa/africa-practitioners-network.





https://www.tfa2020.org/activities/african-palm-oil-initiative/.







Through private companies or through grants, depending on the nature of the work.



Continuation, development and expansion of activities as listed in Section 1.2.




Challenges


As stated, the work of Proforest specializes in developing and implementing practical solutions to obstacles surroundingCSPO, at all stages of the supply chain. Progress in CSPO production in West Africa has been affected by the ebola crisisand there was a knock-on effect for some fieldwork planned for 2014/15. Where possible we maintained relationships remotelyand the confidence level improved throughout the year; going forward, Liberia and Sierra Leone are both engaged in the AfricaPalm Oil Initiative.


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Cost Effective:

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Robust:

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As listed in the previous section, Proforest's work specializes in developing and implementing practical solutions toobstacles surrounding CSPO and CSPKO, at all stages of the supply chain. This includes engagement with and support forcompanies at all stages of the supply chain (including producers and FMCG companies), programme work to support inclusion ofsmallholders in supply chains, and various training and outreach events.


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PT Daemeter ConsultingRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

PT Daemeter Consulting


www.daemeter.org




No

Membership








Provide consulting services to stakeholders especially private sectors to implement sustainability principles; carry outapplied research to support our consulting services


HCV, HCS and Land Use assessments, consumer perspectives on RSPO study, mapping the supply chain, training on traceabilitywithin the supply chain and many others.


Yes


Traceable supply chain and other services needed by private sectors in transforming their operation towards transparent,sustainable and responsible companies.


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Yes


50


Through consulting fees



Continuing what we have been doing; expanding our services to new places and countries.




Challenges


The general obstacles in the sustainable palm oil work we have include: bridging gaps and preconceptions amongst stakeholdergroups; mobilizing trained staff in adequate number and navigating politics of pros and cons about sustainable palm oil.


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Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

Yes


No


Engagement in some RSPO Task Force, annual training of RSPO Lead Auditor, engagement with key stakeholders in oil palm atglobal level as well as national level and many others; engagement with business sectors and many others.


Daemeter has published several publications related to new initiatives and key issues in oil palm which can be downloaded inour website: www.daemeter.org


PT. Gagas Dinamiga AksentaRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

PT. Gagas Dinamiga Aksenta


www.aksenta.com




No

Membership








PT Gagas Dinamiga Aksenta, a.k.a. Aksenta, is a socio-environmental consultancy company with the main objectives to assistcompanies, NGOs and governments to become environmentally and socially sustainable. Main activities include: facilitating,coaching, training, technical assistance, assistance with certification, audits, Document Reviews, Peer Reviews, preparationof SOPs and guidelines, Due Diligence studies, research, HCV Assessments, Social Impact Assessments (SIA), Land Use ChangeAnalyses (LUCA), Carbon Stock Assessments (CSA), High Carbon Stock Approach Assessments (HCSA), HCS+ Assessments,complaintverification, Soil Suitability Studies, Sustainability Reports, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Conflict Mitigation, HCV andSocial Management Plans


Main activities undertaken in 2015 include: facilitating multi-stakeholder engagement for Orangutan protection in WestKalimantan, coaching of Oil Palm companies in the framework of complying with ISPO and RSPO Certification requirements, ISPOtraining, HCV management training, technical assistance for ISPO and RSPO Certification, Peer Reviews of HCV reports,preparation of SOPs for HCV and species management and monitoring, preparation of revised LUCA guidelines for RSPO, ReviewofLUCA reports for RSPO, Social and Environmental Due Diligence studies for Oil Palm companies, research on Carbon Stock inOil Palm plantations, HCV Assessments for Oil Palm and Rubber plantations, Social Impact Assessments (SIA) in Oil Palmplantations, Land Use Change Analyses (LUCA) in Oil Palm plantations, Carbon Stock Assessments (CSA) in Oil PPalmPlantations, High Carbon Stock Approach Assessments (HCSA) in Oil Palm Plantations, HCS+ Assessments in Oil Palmplantations,complaint verification for RSPO Grievance Panel, Soil Suitability Studies for Oil Palm plantations, Orangutan Management inOil Pam plantations, Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in Oil Palm plantations, HCV and Social Management Plans for Oil Palmplantations


Yes


Our core business is to equip companies with knowledge and skills to achieve environmental and social sustainability,including market transformation of Oil Palm companies towards CSPO


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Yes


100


Our work is mainly funded by the private sector, but also partly by NGOs, the RSPO and Aksenta itself



We will try to continue doing a good job next year!




Challenges


The biased public opinion on oil palm industry in general, the hesitation of companies to be transparent fearing morenegative publication, the RSPO requirements becoming more demanding, complex and more expensive every year. Our effortshavebeen limited to education and awareness efforts towards the RSPO, our clients, NGOs and the general public.


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Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


No


Aksenta has been active in the Indonesian HCV network (Jaringan NKT Indonesia); the RSPO through yearly attending RTmeetingssince 2008; attending other relevant HCVRN, ALS, HCV and RSPO meetings; involvement in BHCV Working Group,Compensation TaskForce and RSPO Grievance Panel decisions; Engagement with stakeholders such as governments, local communities, NGOs andcompanies


Assistance with the development of company policies for environmental and social management


PT SAI Global IndonesiaRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

PT SAI Global Indonesia


http://www.saiglobal.com




No

Membership










Certification Services


We already participated in all RSPO and palm oil seminar and workshop; we submit the information about sustainable palm oilin our website www.saiglobal.com


No


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No


10


We are funded by companies which uses our service for RSPO certification



Conduct trainings and seminars for RSPO members and auditors.




Challenges


- Certification process is so complicated - So many problem with social issues - Less respect from client because valueadded of CSPO is not significant as promise at the first launched


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Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

No


No


Continuously participated as RSPO certification body


None.


PT SucofindoRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

PT Sucofindo


http://www.sucofindo.co.id




No

Membership










Certification Services


We already participated in all RSPO and palm oil seminar, post the information about sustainable palm oil in Sucofindo'swebsite, provide the socialization for RSPO scheme to the grower and relevant parties


No


--


Because our main activities only focus in providing RSPO Certification Services


Yes


10


We are funded by growers who want to use our RSPO certification services



We would like to promote sustainable palm oil by proposed to the client to be certified both ISPO and RSPO at the same time(combining audit) in order to make it simple and efficient




Challenges


The value added of CSPO is not significant as promise at the first launched so growers are not interested in RSPOCertification. We manage this problem by offering RSPO certification price cheaper than other certification system


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Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

Yes


No


Actively partcipated as certification body in RSPO events


RSPO website


PT TUV Rheinland IndonesiaRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

PT TUV Rheinland Indonesia


http://www.tuv.com




No

Membership




http://www.tuv.com

http://www.tuv.com





Testing, Inspection and Certification Body


Getting more company to get RSPO and SCCS certification and provide credible RSPO and SCCS Certification


No


--


-


No


10


n/a



Getting more company to get RSPO and SCCS Certification and provide credible RSPO and SCCS Certification




Challenges


n/a


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Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


Yes


n/a


n/a


Rio Tinto MineralsRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Rio Tinto Minerals


http://www.riotintominerals.com




No

Membership










Miner and seller of refined Borate.


Not applicable.


No


--


Not applicable.


No


10


Not applicable.



Not applicable.




Challenges


Not applicable.


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

No


No


Not applicable.


Not applicable.


Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners AssociationRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association


NIL




No

Membership








Association of oil palm plantation owners in Sarawak


Adhering to federal and state laws with regards to palm oil industry operations in Sarawak


Yes


Members are encouraged to be certified under RSPO


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No


100


Annual subscription fees and donations from memebrs



To encourage members to meet RSPO certifications




Challenges


Nil


--

Cost Effective:

--

Robust:

--


--


Membership - Affiliate


Nil


Schutter International BVRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Schutter International BV


http://www.schuttergroep.nl/




No

Membership











Independent surveyor for Quality & Quantity of Palm Oil & Palm Products.


None


Yes


We provide independent services to verify status of CSPO for our customers.


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No


50


Service fees



We will continue to provide services in verification of Mass Balance for sustainable PAlm Oil to our local and overseasclients.




Challenges


n/a


--

Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

Yes


No


n/a


n/a


Siam Elite Palm Company LimitedRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Siam Elite Palm Company Limited


www.siamelitepalm.com




Yes


Plantation? Files

GHG Report Map file

PalmElite SAS o Affiliate Member No No - -

United Palm Oil IndustryPublic Company Limited

-- Yes Yes - United Palm OilIndustry PLC.kmz

Membership


8-0154-15-000-00 Affiliate Organisation


http://www.rspo.org/acop/2015/siam-elite-palm-company-limited/United Palm Oil Industry PLC.kmz

http://www.rspo.org/acop/2015/siam-elite-palm-company-limited/United Palm Oil Industry PLC.kmz





Oil Palm Planting material selection and seed production in order to distribute high oil yield varieties suitable forparticular areas and disease resistance potential to growers.


Innovate disease resistant material and high oil yield to promote efficient land use and reduce deforestation. Training tofarmers for good material choosing and understanding of genuine planting materials in the market. Training for goodmanagement practice is also achieved in many locations. Provide information and benefits of RSPO small holders' project tofarmers.


Yes


With some factories to promote RSPO network project with high oil yield planting materials.


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Yes


50


na



Training to growers further both horizontal and vertical levels for best management practice in nursery and plantation.To facilitate and support demonstration plots for efficient and effective use of resources in nurseries and plantationse.g. water and nutrient fertilizer management. To support research in Thailand supply chain to understand mechanism andfind solutions to improve oil yield.




Challenges


RSPO understood as trade barrier to the market. We explain to farmers what real benefits of RSPO and what farmers will getfrom doing it. We show the success case of RSPO small holders' projects with higher yield, low long term cost and knowledgelearn from training and group participation.


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Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


Yes


We are in the group of RSPO from seed production to refinery and supply chain. And connected with RSPO small holders'projects.


Thailand has oil yield problem due to planting materials and supply chain practice; we committed to promote solutions forsuch.


SIRIM QAS International Sdn BhdRSPO Annual



Organisation Name

SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd


http://www.sirim-qas.com.my/




No

Membership











Certification Body


providing certification to clients in order for them to be able to market their products


No


--


No collaborations with the industry player. Promotion on our certification is carried out by our self.


No


10


based on fee basis



Promoting certification of RSPO




Challenges


None


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Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

Yes


No


Providing the certification services


None


T.S.L (Trading Services London)RSPO Annual



Organisation Name

T.S.L (Trading Services London)


http://www.tslpalm.com/




No

Membership











Vegetable Oil brokerage


Continually exploring ways to expand the awareness of RSPO and the amounts of sustainable palm oil that we broker.


No


--


As an independent broker we have to maintain impartiality so avoid creating links and collaborations with individual parties.


No


100


Commission



We will continue to attempt to raise awareness of the RSPO and its work and also continue to try and increase the volume ofsustainable palm oil that we broker.




Challenges


a) the reluctance for end users to pay premiums for sustainable oil b) the differing standards of ''sustainability'' thatseem to exist.


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Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


Yes


As a broker we have attempted to make all our contacts aware of the RSPO, its standards and the opportunities that awarenessand membership of the RSPO can bring.


Nothing that we can add


The Netherlands Feed Industry Association(NEVEDI)


Progress 2015


Organisation Name

The Netherlands Feed Industry Association (NEVEDI)


http://www.nevedi.nl




No

Membership








Progress 2015



Nevedi (The Dutch Feed Industry Association) protects the interests of the Dutch feed industry. About 100 feed companies andsuppliers are associated with Nevedi. This represents 96% of the total feed production for livestock in theNetherlands. Nevedi protects the interests of manufactures of compound feed and premixes, of producers of milk replacers andof suppliers of humid feedstuffs. The activities that Nevedi carries out on behalf of collective interests of its members,can be grouped under four priority areas. Sustainability of raw materials Healthy and safe food Good employer ship GreenInnovations


- Nevedi organized in 2015 two general meetings for her members in which information was shared about sustainable palm oil,RSPO and GreenPalm. - A working group was established to work on an action plan for the members of Nevedi to be able tocover the palm oil footprint. - Nevedi have supported her members in covering collectively the palm oil footprint of 2015.- Nevedi is a member of the Dutch Task Force for Sustainable Palm Oil.


Yes


We are part of an animal production chain. In that case we support the animal production sector for the use of sustainablepalm oil indirectly through the feed.


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No


10


The members of Nevedi pay a member fee and an additional add on for the GreenPalm certificates.



In 2016 Nevedi will support her members to cover their palm oil footprint collectively with GreenPalm certificates. Next tothis informative meetings will be organized to inform the members in what ways individual companies can take care of theirpalm oil footprint. This will be done in cooperation with the Dutch Alliance Sustainable Palm Oil (Former Task ForceSustainable Palm Oil). We are planning to publish also a brochure with practical information at the member website.




Progress 2015

Challenges


Feed is an intermediate product in the animal production chain. There is nowhere in the entire chain a market demand forsustainable palm oil in feed. Nevedi took her own responsibility by becoming a member of RSPO and the Dutch Task Force forResponsible Soy.


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Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

Yes


No


See the above answers about sharing information with members by organizing information event etc.


https://www.nevedi.nl/Content/Files/file/20150710%20Palmolie.pdf






Vereniging voor de Bakkerij- enZoetwarenindustrie (VBZ)


Progress 2015


Organisation Name

Vereniging voor de Bakkerij- en Zoetwarenindustrie (VBZ)


http://www.vbz.nl




No

Membership




http://www.vbz.nl

http://www.vbz.nl



Progress 2015



VBZ is the Association of the Dutch Bakery and Confectionery industry. With our services VBZ aspires to create a sustainableand optimal climate for her members (ca. 110 members). VBZ is the spokesman for the Dutch bakery and confectioneryindustry. We maintain relationships with the Dutch Government, NGO's, the association of the Dutch Food Industry (FNLI), theEuropean association of the confectionery and bakery industry (Caobisco), the association of the Dutch retail organizations(CBL) and labour organizations. Actual examples includes social issues as child labour in the cacao industry, workingconditions and the collective labour agreement for the confectionery industry. Other relevant issues are food quality andhealth & nutrition. Furthermore, VBZ offers many tools to her members. With risk reducing checklists, for example VBZprovides a tool to create a safe working environment and an optimal assurance package, other tools include a toolkit forsustainability (Barometer Certification Scheme for a sustainable bakery and confectionery industry), a toolkit for humanresources, logistic efficiency, World Class Manufacturing and health aspects of cacao and chocolate. On the website of VBZmembers can freely download all the (actual) information VBZ provides for them. Finally, schooling programs which are made inagreement with the unions and are obliged, are available for a better performance of employers. CSR issues areinvestigated in different raw materials.


Promoting sustainable palm oil via VBZ member events, VBZ newsletter, direct contact with members and the VBZ sustainabilitytoolkit ((Barometer Certification Scheme for a sustainable bakery and confectionery industry:http://www.milieukeur.nl/Public/Barometer_Duurzame_Bakkerij_en_Zoet waren_Schema/BDBZOverzichtmaatregelen.pdf).Participating in the Dutch Taskforce Sustainable Palmoil, since 2016 the Dutch Alliance Sustainable Palm Oil (DASPO):www.taskforceduurzamepalmolie.nl Click here to visit the URL. Contact with suppliers and customers organisations andpromoting sustainable palm oil. Special attention for Group certification for companies that use less than 500 MT palm oil.


Yes


See previous question.


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No


10


Financing from own resources



Active participation in the Dutch Alliance Sustainable Palm Oil (DASPO). Maintaining and reinforcing close cooperation withsuppliers, retailers and customers organisations. Keeping close contact with our members and promote them to achieve 100%sustainable palm oil and helping them to solve problems that can obstruct this goal.


http://www.milieukeur.nl/Public/Barometer_Duurzame_Bakkerij_en_Zoet






Progress 2015

Challenges


It's much more difficult to achieve certified sustainable palm oil for compound ingredients that are available in very smallamounts in products. It's important that the market asks for sustainable palm oil and that the option for sustainability(book&claim, mass balance, seggregated) is available in the market. It's therefore important to have more and more partiesengaged in the RSPO. We keep close contact with the parties that are important to achieve our sector goal.


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Cost Effective:

Yes

Robust:

Yes


Yes


Most important is the business to business education. See previous questions.


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Yanmar Kota Kinabalu R&D Center Sdn. Bhd.RSPO Annual



Organisation Name

Yanmar Kota Kinabalu R&D Center Sdn. Bhd.


http://www.yanmar.co.jp/en/rd/center.html




No

Membership











Yanmar is the first company to develop practical small size diesel engines from Japan. Since the establishment in 1912,Yanmar have contributed to the creation of comfort in all aspects of people’s daily life. The subsidiary company of Yanmar,YANMAR KOTA KINABALU R&D CENTER (YKRC) is located inside the biomass-rich Asia. The R&D center was officially openedon 31stJanuary 2008. YKRC’s R&D is focusing on “Next Generation Fuel Technologies”, such as biodiesel fuels R&D andalternative energies, as well as developing engine related technologies, in line with the corporate mission “To ProvideSustainable Solution For Needs Which Are Essential To Human Life For All Our Tomorrows”. YKRC's engine testing buildingconsists of 3 different types of diesel engine, in the TNV (Total New Value) series and NFD series. The purpose of thisnew technology advancement is to diversify the biodiesel fuel research of the company for reduction of carbon monoxide on theTNV series machinery for the better of the environmental sustainability to the society.


Engine endurance testing using RBDPO as fuel.


No


--


Currently we only use palm product for engine testing research.


No


50


By headquarter



Continue engine endurance test using CPO as fuel




Challenges


NA


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Cost Effective:

No

Robust:

No


No


NA


NA


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